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				<h1 style="margin-top: 12px;">SMF User Help: Posting</h1><br clear="right" />
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	<p>Since posting messages is basically what forums are all about, we will spend some time looking at the various options and techniques available. Those who are familiar with forum software, HTML or bulletin board code in general may prefer to skip straight to the <a href="#bbcref">Bulletin Board Code</a> and <a href="#smileysref">Smileys</a> references.</p>
	<p><strong>Please note that, because an SMF forum may be customized extensively by its administrator(s), the presence of a feature in this documentation does not necessarily mean that it will be available to all users in all forums.</strong></p>
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		<li>
			<a href="#basics">Posting Basics</a>
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				<li><a href="#newtopic">Starting a New Topic</a></li>
				<li><a href="#newpoll">Starting a New Poll</a></li>
				<li><a href="#calendar">Posting an Event to the Calendar</a></li>
				<li><a href="#reply">Replying to a Topic or Poll</a></li>
				<li><a href="#quote">Quoting a Post</a></li>
				<li><a href="#modify">Modifying or Deleting a Post</a></li>
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			<a href="#standard">Standard Posting Options</a>
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	<h2 id="basics">Posting Basics</h2>
	<h3 id="newtopic">Starting a New Topic</h3>
	<p>Browse to the board where you wish to post and click the <strong>New Topic</strong> button (positioned by default at both the top and the bottom of the board, as shown in the <a href="index.english.html#message">User Help Introduction</a>), which should take you to the <strong>Start new topic</strong> screen. While this presents a number of options, the two most important are the <strong>Subject</strong> field and main <strong>Message</strong> field (not labeled as such, but obvious by its size). So enter your subject and start to type (or paste) your message into the main text area, noting that a message missing either a subject or a body will not be accepted for posting until it has both. If you're happy with your plain text message, you can then post it by clicking the <strong>Post</strong> button and/or preview it first by clicking the <strong>Preview</strong> button, but there are many further <a href="#standard">options</a> available to make things that little bit more interesting.</p>
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						<img src="../images/icons/linktree_side.gif" alt="|-" border="0" /> <img src="../images/icons/folder_open.gif" alt="+" border="0" />&nbsp; <b><a href="index.english.html#board" class="nav">Category Name</a></b><br />
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									<td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="#standard">Standard Options&nbsp;omitted for clarity and demonstrated below.</a></td>
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									<td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="#additional">Additional Options&nbsp;omitted for clarity and demonstrated below.</a></td>
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									shortcuts: hit alt+s to submit/post or alt+p to preview</span><br />
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	<ul>
		<li>Some forums show the <strong>navigation tree</strong> at the top in a space-saving horizontal mode.</li>
		<li>Some forums may be configured to offer an additional <strong>Spell Check</strong> button alongside the <strong>Post</strong> and <strong>Preview</strong> options.</li>
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	<h3 id="newpoll">Starting a New Poll</h3>
	<p>A poll is basically a topic with an added question and voting options, started by clicking <strong>New Poll</strong> instead of <strong>New Topic</strong> <a href="#newtopic">as described above</a>. To post a poll it is necessary to fill out the <strong>Question</strong> field and at least two of the <strong>Option</strong> fields in addition to the <strong>Subject</strong> and <strong>Message</strong> fields required by a standard topic. Further options to configure how many choices the user may vote for, how long the poll should run, whether users can change their votes and what conditions must be fulfilled for the results to be displayed should be self-explanatory.</p>
	<p>To offer more than five choices in a poll, simply click <strong>Add Option</strong> as many times as necessary.</p>
	<p>Note that it may also be possible for some users in some forums to add a poll to an existing topic.</p>
	<h3 id="calendar">Posting an Event to the Calendar</h3>
	<p>Where this option has been configured (it's not standard 'out of the box'), you can post an event by selecting <strong>Calendar</strong> from the <a href="index.english.html#main">main menu</a> followed by <strong>Post Event</strong> from the calendar screen. What you see now is a <strong>Start new topic</strong> screen with supplementary fields for the event title, date and target board, which simply add your event to the calendar and create a link back to your post in that board.</p>
	<h3 id="reply">Replying to a Topic or Poll</h3>
	<p>Replying to a topic or poll is basically the same as <a href="#newtopic">starting a new topic</a>, but it's not necessary to enter anything in the <strong>Subject</strong> field unless you wish to change what's already there. To vote in a poll, you simply have to select your chosen option(s) and click <strong>Submit Vote</strong>.</p>
	<p>If 'Quick Reply' has been enabled, a simple reply field will also appear after the post(s) on a page, but you'll have to type your <a href="#bbc">Bulletin Board Code</a> and <a href="#smileys">Smileys</a> manually if you choose to use it.</p>
	<h3 id="quote">Quoting a Post</h3>
	<p>To reply to a post by quoting it, you can either click the <strong>Quote</strong> button for the relevant post and add your own message to the quoted text or click the <strong>Reply</strong> button followed by <strong>Insert Quote</strong> from the relevant post in the 'Topic Summary' below, but note that:</p>
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		<li>Both these options add a link to the original post showing the name of the poster and the date and time of the post, whereas the <a href="#bbc">Bulletin Board Code</a> <strong>quote</strong> tag simply quotes the relevant post without this additional information.</li>
		<li>You can also retain or add the 'author' attribute independently of the full <strong>Quote</strong> function, as demonstrated in the <a href="#bbcref">SMF Bulletin Board Code Reference</a> below.</li>
	</ul>
	<h3 id="modify">Modifying or Deleting a Post</h3>
	<p>To modify a post, click the <strong>Modify</strong> button and make your changes. Note that most forums are likely to be configured to show the date and time of the last edit, but the administrator(s) may also allow a short period to elapse before this happens.</p>
	<p>To delete a post, click the <strong>Delete</strong> button followed by <strong>OK</strong> from the <strong>Remove this message?</strong> box that appears. Some forums may also allow you to remove topics or polls that you start, but the buttons for these are usually at the bottom of the page.</p>
	<h2 id="standard">Standard Posting Options</h2>
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margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert Hyperlink" /></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[email]', '[/email]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/email.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert Email" /></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[ftp]', '[/ftp]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/ftp.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert FTP Link" /></a><img src="../images/bbc/divider.gif" alt="|" style="margin: 0 3px 0 3px;" /><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[table]', '[/table]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/table.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert Table" /></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[tr]', '[/tr]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/tr.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert Table Row" /></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[td]', '[/td]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/td.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert Table Column" /></a><img src="../images/bbc/divider.gif" alt="|" style="margin: 0 3px 0 3px;" /><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[sup]', '[/sup]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/sup.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Superscript" /></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[sub]', '[/sub]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/sub.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Subscript" /></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[tt]', '[/tt]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/tele.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Teletype" /></a><img src="../images/bbc/divider.gif" alt="|" style="margin: 0 3px 0 3px;" /><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[code]', '[/code]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/code.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert Code" /></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[quote]', '[/quote]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/quote.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert Quote" /></a><img src="../images/bbc/divider.gif" alt="|" style="margin: 0 3px 0 3px;" /><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="surroundText('[list][li]', '[/li][li][/li][/list]', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/list.gif" align="bottom" width="23" height="22" border="0" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" alt="Insert List" /></a>
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									<td valign="middle"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :)', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/smiley.gif" align="bottom" alt="Smiley" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' ;)', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/wink.gif" align="bottom" alt="Wink" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :D', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/cheesy.gif" align="bottom" alt="Cheesy" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' ;D', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/grin.gif" align="bottom" alt="Grin" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' &gt;:(', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/angry.gif" align="bottom" alt="Angry" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :(', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/sad.gif" align="bottom" alt="Sad" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :o', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/shocked.gif" align="bottom" alt="Shocked" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' 8)', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/cool.gif" align="bottom" alt="Cool" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' ???', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/huh.gif" align="bottom" alt="Huh" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' ::)', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif" align="bottom" alt="Roll Eyes" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :P', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/tongue.gif" align="bottom" alt="Tongue" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :-[', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif" align="bottom" alt="Embarrassed" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :-X', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/lipsrsealed.gif" align="bottom" alt="Lips Sealed" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :-\\', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/undecided.gif" align="bottom" alt="Undecided" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :-*', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/kiss.gif" align="bottom" alt="Kiss" border="0" /></a> <a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="replaceText(' :\'(', document.forms.postmodify.message);"><img src="../../../Smileys/default/cry.gif" align="bottom" alt="Cry" border="0" /></a><br /></td>
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									<textarea class="editor" name="message" rows="12" cols="60" onselect="storeCaret(this);" onclick="storeCaret(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret(this);" onchange="storeCaret(this);" tabindex="2">
</textarea></td>
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				</table>
			</form><br />
		</div>
	</div><br />
	<h3 id="messageicon">Message Icon</h3>
	<p>This drop-down menu allows you to change the default icon for the subject line to something matching the mood or purpose of your post.</p>
	<h3 id="bbc">Bulletin Board Code</h3>
	<p>Bulletin Board Code (or BBC) is the essential tool for formatting and changing the appearance of your post. While it affects the plain text in much the same way as the formatting tools in any word processor, the main <strong>Message</strong> field does not behave in a WYSIWYG manner, so you should preview your message if you need to see what it will look like when posted.</p>
	<p>A complete <a href="#bbcref">SMF Bulletin Board Code Reference</a> is provided below.</p>
	<h3 id="smileys">Smileys</h3>
	<p>While smileys can be viewed as purely whimsical in nature, they can also play a valuable role in clarifying the written word in much the same way as vocal inflections and/or facial expressions clarify the spoken word. Like most forum software, SMF provides a standard range of smiley images which can be added to posts by clicking the relevant icons or typing the relevant codes. A <a href="#nosmileys">don't use smileys</a> option is naturally also provided for those occasions when you don't want typed character combinations that would normally be displayed as smileys to be converted to the expected images!</p>
	<p>A complete <a href="#smileysref">SMF Smileys Reference</a> is provided below.</p>
	<h2 id="tags">Tags and Nesting (for beginners)</h2>
	<p>Before listing the available <a href="#bbcref">BBC buttons</a> and their purposes, let's see how they work by imagining that we want to post some text in bold type. While we can start by clicking the <strong>B</strong> (Bold) button and typing our text between the tags it produces, it's often more practical to type the text first, highlight it and then click the button. So typing 'text', highlighting it and clicking the 'B' button should produce '[b]text[/b]', which renders as <b>text</b> when posted or previewed. (NB This doesn't work in Opera, which inserts the tags at the end of the post.) Subsequently highlighting '[b]text[/b]' and clicking the <strong>I</strong> (Italicized) button will produce '[i][b]text[/b][/i]', which not only renders as <i><b>text</b></i> when posted or previewed but also introduces the concept of nesting, which means that each new set of tags in a case like this should be seen as a new 'box' containing both the original text <em>and</em> any tags already applied to it.</p>
	<p>Note that the BBC tags can also be typed and edited direct instead of clicking the buttons.</p>
	<h2 id="additional">Additional Options</h2>
	<p>The following options may appear by default in some forums but be contained within an expanding/collapsing panel (try clicking the link with the arrow below!) in others:</p>
	<div style="background-color: #D0D0D0;">
		<div style="padding: 2px 30px;">
			<br />
			<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
											var currentSwap = false;
											function swapOptions()
											{
														document.getElementById("postMoreExpand").src = smf_images_url + "/" + (currentSwap ? "collapse.gif" : "expand.gif");
														document.getElementById("postMoreExpand").alt = currentSwap ? "-" : "+";
														document.getElementById("postMoreOptions").style.display = currentSwap ? "" : "none";
														if (document.getElementById("postAttachment"))
																document.getElementById("postAttachment").style.display = currentSwap ? "" : "none";
														if (document.getElementById("postAttachment2"))
																document.getElementById("postAttachment2").style.display = currentSwap ? "" : "none";
														currentSwap = !currentSwap;
											}
//]]>
</script>
			<form action="posting.english.html" method="post" style="margin: 0;">
				<table summary="SMF layout" border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" class="bordercolor">
					<tr>
						<td class="windowbg">
							<table summary="SMF layout" border="0" cellpadding="3" width="100%">
								<tr>
									<td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 5ex;"><a href="javascript:swapOptions();"><img src="../images/expand.gif" alt="+" border="0" id="postMoreExpand" name="postMoreExpand" /></a> <a href="javascript:swapOptions();" class="board"><b>Additional Options...</b></a></td>
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									<td></td>
									<td>
										<div id="postMoreOptions">
											<table summary="SMF layout" width="80%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
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													<td class="smalltext"><input type="checkbox" class="check" />&nbsp;Notify me of replies.</td>
												</tr>
												<tr>
													<td class="smalltext"><input type="checkbox" class="check" />&nbsp;Return to this topic.</td>
												</tr>
												<tr>
													<td class="smalltext"><input type="checkbox" class="check" />&nbsp;Don't use smileys.</td>
												</tr>
											</table>
										</div>
									</td>
								</tr>
								<tr id="postAttachment2">
									<td align="right" valign="top"><b>Attach:</b></td>
									<td class="smalltext"><input type="file" size="48" name="attachment[]" /><br />
									<input type="file" size="48" name="attachment[]" /><br />
									Allowed file types: txt, jpg, gif, pdf, mpg, png<br />
									Maximum attachment size allowed: 128 KB</td>
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									<td align="center" colspan="2">
										<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
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</script> <span class="smalltext"><br />
										shortcuts: hit alt+s to submit/post or alt+p to preview</span><br />
										<input type="button" accesskey="s" tabindex="3" value="Post" /> <input type="button" accesskey="p" tabindex="4" value="Preview" />
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				</table>
			</form><br />
		</div>
	</div><br />
	<h3 id="notify">Notify me of replies</h3>
	<p>Check this to subscribe to email notification for the topic.</p>
	<h3 id="return">Return to this topic</h3>
	<p>Check this to return to the topic (instead of the message index) after posting (NB you can also set this behaviour as a preference in your profile).</p>
	<h3 id="nosmileys">Don't use smileys</h3>
	<p>Check this to prevent certain <a href="#smileysref">character combinations</a> in your post from being parsed and rendered as smileys.</p>
	<h3 id="attachments">Attachments</h3>
	<p>If enabled, this feature allows you to attach files to your posts in much the same way as most email clients, so you simply have to browse to the relevant file(s) on your computer before clicking <strong>Post</strong>. You can delete your attachment(s) or add more by <a href="#modify">modifying your post</a>, but please note that:</p>
	<ul>
		<li>The permitted file types and sizes are set by the forum administrator(s).</li>
		<li>Although most forums are likely be configured to display attached images as part of the post, it's not possible to <em>preview</em> attachments so you should always browse to and attach your files just before you finally <em>post</em> your message.</li>
	</ul>
	<h2 id="references">References</h2>
	<h3 id="bbcref">SMF Bulletin Board Code</h3>
	<p>The buttons shown belong to the SMF default theme and may differ from forum to forum.</p>
	<table id="reference1" summary="five columns to show the BBC tag names, buttons, the code they produce, how they render and any further comments" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="2">
		<tr>
			<th>Tag Name</th>
			<th>Button</th>
			<th>Code</th>
			<th>Output</th>
			<th>Comments</th>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Bold</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/bold.gif" alt="Bold" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[b]bold[/b]</td>
			<td><b>bold</b></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Italicized</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/italicize.gif" alt="Italicized" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[i]italicized[/i]</td>
			<td><i>italicized</i></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Underline</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/underline.gif" alt="Underline" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[u]underline[/u]</td>
			<td><u>underline</u></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Strikethrough</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/strike.gif" alt="Strikethrough" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[s]strikethrough[/s]</td>
			<td><s>strikethrough</s></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Glow</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/glow.gif" alt="Glow" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[glow=red,2,50]glow[/glow]</td>
			<td>
				<div style="filter: Glow(color=red, strength=2); width: 50px;">
					glow
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>The three attributes (eg red, 2, 50) in the 'glow' tag are color, strength and width respectively.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Shadow</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/shadow.gif" alt="Shadow" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[shadow=red,left]<br />
			shadow<br />
			[/shadow]</td>
			<td>
				<div style="filter: Shadow(color=red, direction=240); width: 50px;">
					shadow
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>The two attributes (eg red, left) in the 'shadow' tag are color and direction respectively.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Marquee</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/move.gif" alt="Marquee" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[move]move[/move]</td>
			<td><marquee>move</marquee></td>
			<td>Not valid XHTML, but can also be used for images!</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Preformatted Text</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/pre.gif" alt="Preformatted Text" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[pre]Simple<br />
			&nbsp;&nbsp;Machines<br />
			&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Forum[/pre]</td>
			<td>
				<pre>
Simple
  Machines
						Forum
</pre>
			</td>
			<td>Preserves critical text formatting, rendered in a monospace font.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Left Align</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/left.gif" alt="Left Align" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[left]left align[/left]</td>
			<td>
				<p align="left">left align</p>
			</td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Centered</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/center.gif" alt="Centered" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[center]centered[/center]</td>
			<td>
				<center>
					centered
				</center>
			</td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Right Align</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/right.gif" alt="Right Align" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[right]right align[/right]</td>
			<td>
				<p align="right">right align</p>
			</td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Right-to-Left</td>
			<td>*</td>
			<td>[rtl]right to left![/rtl]</td>
			<td>
				<div dir="rtl">
					right to left!
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>Typical usage would be to post Arabic or Hebrew in an English document.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Left-to-Right</td>
			<td>*</td>
			<td>[ltr]left to right![/ltr]</td>
			<td>
				<div dir="ltr">
					left to right!
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>Typical usage would be to post English in an Arabic or Hebrew document.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Horizontal Rule</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/hr.gif" alt="Horizontal Rule" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[hr]</td>
			<td>
				<hr />
			</td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Font Size</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/size.gif" alt="Font Size" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[size=10pt]font size[/size]</td>
			<td><span style="font-size: 10pt;">font size</span></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Font Face</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/face.gif" alt="Font Face" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[font=Verdana]font face[/font]</td>
			<td><span style="font-family: Verdana;">font face</span></td>
			<td>Only fonts installed on the user's computer will be displayed, so use with caution!</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Font Color</td>
			<td><select>
				<option value="" selected="selected">
					Change Color
				</option>
				<option value="Black">
					Black
				</option>
				<option value="Red">
					Red
				</option>
				<option value="Yellow">
					Yellow
				</option>
				<option value="Pink">
					Pink
				</option>
				<option value="Green">
					Green
				</option>
				<option value="Orange">
					Orange
				</option>
				<option value="Purple">
					Purple
				</option>
				<option value="Blue">
					Blue
				</option>
				<option value="Beige">
					Beige
				</option>
				<option value="Brown">
					Brown
				</option>
				<option value="Teal">
					Teal
				</option>
				<option value="Navy">
					Navy
				</option>
				<option value="Maroon">
					Maroon
				</option>
				<option value="LimeGreen">
					Lime Green
				</option>
			</select></td>
			<td>[color=Red]red[/color]</td>
			<td><span style="color: red;">red</span></td>
			<td>Select the color from the drop-down.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Insert Flash</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/flash.gif" alt="Insert Flash" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[flash=200,200]<br />
			http://somesite/somefile.swf<br />
			[/flash]</td>
			<td><a href="http://somesite/somefile.swf" class="board" target="_blank">http://somesite/somefile.swf</a></td>
			<td>Please note that, if embedded Flash has been disabled by the forum administrator(s), the Flash file will appear as a straight hyperlink as shown here. The two attributes in the 'flash' tag (where relevant) are width and height respectively.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="2">Insert Image</td>
			<td rowspan="2"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/img.gif" alt="Insert Image" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[img]<br />
			http://somesite/image.gif<br />
			[/img]</td>
			<td><img src="../images/on.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td rowspan="2">Type the width and height attributes to resize the image.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>[img width=48 height=48]<br />
			http://somesite/image.gif<br />
			[/img]</td>
			<td><img src="../images/on.gif" width="48" height="48" alt="" /></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="2">Insert Hyperlink</td>
			<td rowspan="2"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/url.gif" alt="Insert Hyperlink" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[url]http://somesite/[/url]</td>
			<td><a href="http://somesite" class="board" target="_blank">http://somesite/</a></td>
			<td rowspan="2">NB the 'url' tag opens in a new window, but you can type 'iurl' tags to open in the same window.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>[url=http://somesite/]<br />
			descriptive link<br />
			[/url]</td>
			<td><a href="http://somesite" class="board" target="_blank">descriptive link</a></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Insert Email</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/email.gif" alt="Insert Email" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[email]<br />
			someone@somesite<br />
			[/email]</td>
			<td><a href="mailto:someone@somesite" class="board">someone@somesite</a></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="2">Insert FTP Link</td>
			<td rowspan="2"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/ftp.gif" alt="Insert FTP Link" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[ftp]<br />
			ftp://somesite/somefile<br />
			[/ftp]</td>
			<td><a href="ftp://somesite/somefile" class="board" target="_blank">ftp://somesite/somefile</a></td>
			<td rowspan="2">*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>[ftp=ftp://somesite/somefile]<br />
			descriptive link<br />
			[/ftp]</td>
			<td><a href="ftp://somesite/somefile" class="board" target="_blank">descriptive link</a></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Insert Table</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/table.gif" alt="Insert Table" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[table][/table]</td>
			<td>*</td>
			<td>No meaningful output from the 'table' tags alone.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Insert Table Row</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/tr.gif" alt="Insert Table Row" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[table][tr][/tr][/table]</td>
			<td>*</td>
			<td>No meaningful output from the 'table' and 'tr' tags alone.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="2">Insert Table Column</td>
			<td rowspan="2"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/td.gif" alt="Insert Table Column" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[table][tr][td]<br />
			content<br />
			[/td][/tr][/table]</td>
			<td>
				<table>
					<tr>
						<td valign="top">content</td>
					</tr>
				</table>
			</td>
			<td rowspan="2">Note the correct nesting of the tags, so the 'table' tags contain the 'tr' tags, which each contain an equal number of 'td' tags!</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>[table][tr][td]SMF[/td]<br />
			[td]Bulletin[/td][/tr]<br />
			[tr][td]Board[/td]<br />
			[td]Code[/td][/tr][/table]</td>
			<td>
				<table>
					<tr>
						<td valign="top">SMF</td>
						<td valign="top">Bulletin</td>
					</tr>
					<tr>
						<td valign="top">Board</td>
						<td valign="top">Code</td>
					</tr>
				</table>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Superscript</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/sup.gif" alt="Superscript" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[sup]superscript[/sup]</td>
			<td><sup>superscript</sup></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Subscript</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/sub.gif" alt="Subscript" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[sub]subscript[/sub]</td>
			<td><sub>subscript</sub></td>
			<td>*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Teletype</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/tele.gif" alt="Teletype" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[tt]teletype[/tt]</td>
			<td><tt>teletype</tt></td>
			<td>Monospace font.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Insert Code</td>
			<td><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/code.gif" alt="Insert Code" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[code]&lt;?php phpinfo(); ?&gt;[/code]</td>
			<td>
				<div class="codeheader">
					Code:
				</div>
				<div class="code">
					<font color="#000000"><font color="#0000BB">&lt;?php phpinfo</font><font color="#007700">();</font> <font color="#0000BB">?&gt;</font></font>
				</div>
			</td>
			<td>Always use to preserve formatting of code and avoid parsing as BBC and/or smileys!</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="2">Insert Quote</td>
			<td rowspan="2"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/quote.gif" alt="Insert Quote" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[quote]quote[/quote]</td>
			<td>
				<div class="quoteheader">
					Quote
				</div>
				<div class="quote">
					quote
				</div>
			</td>
			<td rowspan="2">Note the optional 'author' attribute.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>[quote author=author]quote[/quote]</td>
			<td>
				<div class="quoteheader">
					Quote from: author
				</div>
				<div class="quote">
					quote
				</div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="2">Insert List</td>
			<td rowspan="2"><img onmouseover="bbc_highlight(this, true);" onmouseout="bbc_highlight(this, false);" src="../images/bbc/list.gif" alt="Insert List" style="background-image: url(../images/bbc/bbc_bg.gif); margin: 1px 2px 1px 1px;" /></td>
			<td>[list]<br />
			[li]SMF[/li]<br />
			[li]YaBB SE[/li]<br />
			[/list]</td>
			<td>
				<ul>
					<li>SMF</li>
					<li>YaBB SE</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
			<td rowspan="2">While you can add as many items as you wish, each item must be contained by the correct opening and closing tags. You can also style your list item bullets with special opening tags and no closing tags, but this option doesn't currently output valid XHTML.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>[list]<br />
			[o]circle<br />
			[O]circle<br />
			[0]circle<br />
			[*]disc<br />
			[@]disc<br />
			[+]square<br />
			[x]square<br />
			[#]square<br />
			[/list]</td>
			<td>
				<ul>
					<li type="circle">circle<br /></li>
					<li type="circle">circle<br /></li>
					<li type="circle">circle<br /></li>
					<li type="disc">disc<br /></li>
					<li type="disc">disc<br /></li>
					<li type="square">square<br /></li>
					<li type="square">square<br /></li>
					<li type="square">square<br /></li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Abbreviation</td>
			<td>*</td>
			<td>[abbr=exemlpi gratia]eg[/abbr]</td>
			<td><abbr title="exempli gratia">eg</abbr></td>
			<td>Displays the full expression for the abbreviation on mouseover.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Acronym</td>
			<td>*</td>
			<td>[acronym=Simple Machines Forum]SMF[/acronym]</td>
			<td><acronym title="Simple Machines Forum">SMF</acronym></td>
			<td>Displays the full expression for the acronym on mouseover.</td>
		</tr>
	</table><br />
	<h3 id="smileysref">SMF Smileys</h3>
	<p>The smileys shown here are the standard set from the SMF default theme and may differ from forum to forum.</p>
	<table id="reference2" summary="three columns to show the standard SMF smiley names, images and codes" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="2">
		<tr>
			<th>Name</th>
			<th>Image (click to insert)</th>
			<th>Code (type to insert)</th>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Smiley</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/smiley.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Wink</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/wink.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>;)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cheesy</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/cheesy.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:D</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Grin</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/grin.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>;D</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Angry</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/angry.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>&gt;:(</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sad</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/sad.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:(</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Shocked</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/shocked.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:o</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cool</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/cool.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>8)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Huh</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/huh.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>???</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Roll Eyes</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>::)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Tongue</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/tongue.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:P</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Embarrassed</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/embarrassed.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:-[</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Lips Sealed</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/lipsrsealed.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:-X</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Undecided</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/undecided.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:-\</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Kiss</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/kiss.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:-*</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cry</td>
			<td><img src="../../../Smileys/default/cry.gif" alt="" /></td>
			<td>:'(</td>
		</tr>
	</table><br />
	<p>Please note that not all of the smiley codes will be correctly parsed and converted to images unless their opening spaces are present.</p>
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